Il Trabaccolo by François de Saint Nazaire - MarisStella - 1:32

[François de Saint Nazaire]

Hello Jacques,

 

The model will be fully decked. The cabins will be a little bit visible through the hatch!

[aliluke]

That is superb planking! I'm just back from 3 months in Eastern Europe and ready to return to my Trabaccolo build. I went to the excellent maritime museum in Piran, Slovenia and took some photos of their models of trabacolo's for reference. Happy to share more with you if you wish. Do you have a colour scheme in mind?

 

 

[François de Saint Nazaire]

Dear Alistair,

I'm glad to hear you're back to continue your Trabakul. In fact, a trabaccolo is a trabakul. 😉

 

Slovenia is a lovely place. Piran looks like a very nice port.

It would be an honor to share your pictures.

 

For the color of the hull, perhaps I will paint the bottom black.

 

Have a nice day

 

François

[François de Saint Nazaire]

Buona sera! 

 

The first deck planking is finished. Sanding has been done to remove hollows and bumps.

The deck of the trabaccolo was wide and notably convex, with a thicker plank in the center called the "corsia" , where the mast and bitts were located. The cutting of the hatch panel and access to the living quarters will be done after the final deck planking is installed. I have accurately marked their future locations.

The underwater hull is painted with Mars Black acrylic paint.

[Ronald-V]

That looks fantastic 👍